Gerald, I forgot to add that fundamental data was another attraction and are also available via the QP3 plug in. There are 4 historical fields QRS, EPSRank, EPS, Sales, the remainder are point data. Joe
The list of fields available via QP2 plug-in: a.. "AnnDividend" b.. "Shares" c.. "SharesFloat" d.. "IssueType" (string) e.. "SharesOut" f.. "SharesShort" g.. "TTMsales" h.. "Beta" i.. "TTMEps" j.. "HiPERange" k.. "LoPERange" l.. "PEG" m.. "InstHolds" n.. "LTDebtToEq" o.. "CashFlowPerShare" p.. "ROE" q.. "TTMSales" r.. "Yr1EPSGrowth" s.. "Yr5EPSGrowth" t.. "Yr1ProjEPSGrowth" u.. "Yr2ProjEPSGrowth" v.. "Yr3to5ProjEPSGrowth" w.. "BookValuePerShare" x.. "Briefing" (string) y.. "QRS" (array) z.. "HasOptions" aa.. "EPSRank" (array) - requires QP plugin 1.4.3 ab.. "Sales" (array) - requires QP plugin 1.5.0 ac.. "EPS" (array) - requires QP plugin 1.5.0 ad.. "LastMainDate" - (number) date of last update of given symbol in YYYYMMDD format - requires QP plugin 1.5.1 ae.. "Exchange" - (string) - exchange code - requires QP plugin 1.5.1 af.. "ExchangeSub" - (string) exchange sub-code - requires QP plugin 1.5.1 ag.. "Flags" - (string) - requires QP plugin 1.5.1 ah.. "MarginFlag" - (string)- requires QP plugin 1.5.1 ai.. "CUSIP" - (string) - requires QP plugin 1.5.1 aj.. "SIC" - (string) - requires QP plugin 1.5.1 ak.. "IssueStatus" - (string) - with default settings all symbols should have issue status = 0 other possible values: 0 = actively trading; 1, P = trading on a when issued basis, 5, 6, 7, A, B, C, D, E, M = not trading 4, N = new symbol, G, K, X, R, Z = changes to symbol, cusip, name, etc. - requires QP plugin 1.5.1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Quotes Plus reviews > Gerald: > My first take on using Yahoo data was- "you get what you pay for" , but > now > it seems more > and more users are living with Yahoo as their only data source. > > I've used both Telnet(TC2000) and change to Quotes Plus about 3 years ago. > My primary > reason for switching was that I got mutual funds, stock, breadth > metrics(adv/dec, up/down volume new highs/new lows of the 3 major > markets. > Of the AB local qroups I belong to, a greater number are using TC2005 than > Quotes Plus. At the last > Amibroker conference, we gathered about 12 AB/QuotesPlus users at lunch > and > the distribution list grew to 23 in the following weeks. > > I thought I'd spoon feed you a bit and find these links for you. Dan > Clark > wrote a lot and he wrote well on the merits > of one data provider over the other. > > http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/88260 > http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/85659 > http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/86251 > > HTH > Joe > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Monks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:30 PM > Subject: [amibroker] Re: Quotes Plus reviews > > >> Yes, thanks. I just did another search and found little to nothing in >> reference to comparisons of QP and other EOD sources. What is >> everybody using these days? >> >> >> --- In [email protected], "Joe Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> There were several discussions over the years. I searched using >> Yahoo's >>> "improved" search >>> capability and got >400 hits on QuotesPlus spanning 4 years. In all >> that, >>> there are some pros >>> and cons of QuotesPlus. >>> >>> HTH >>> Joe >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Gerald Monks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:57 PM >>> Subject: [amibroker] Quotes Plus reviews >>> >>> >>> > I'm new to AB and was wondering what my best options are for a good >>> > source of EOD data. What are the advantages of using Quotes Plus over >>> > the free Yahoo data for example. I thought I'd give Quotes Plus a >>> > trial run, but was just wondering what other's experiences have been. >>> > Searching the forums does not seem to be turning up much info on this. >>> > >>> > Thanks >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. >>> > >>> > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to >>> > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com >>> > >>> > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: >>> > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ >>> > >>> > For other support material please check also: >>> > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html >>> > >>> > Yahoo! Groups Links >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> >> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. >> >> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to >> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com >> >> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: >> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ >> >> For other support material please check also: >> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
